There are two possible options being considered for a railway station serving Doncaster-Sheffield Airport. Historically, the proposal has been to open a railway station between Doncaster and Gainsborough serving it with an enhanced shuttle service. Recent proposals have included diverting the East Coast Mainline (ECML) so that it passes closer to the airport. This would enable trains to London to serve the airport. A bid to the New Stations Fund round 2 was made.

East Ardsley

Located north of Outwood, two sites were considered in stage 2 of the New Stations Study. One site was ruled out because of construction issues involved with existing rail infrastructure. The second site had fewer issues but there were concerns that there would be challenges delivering a half hourly service.

When initially proposed, the location of this station was not clear with proposals including a Park and Ride in the Micklefield area. It is now expected that the station will be located east of Cross Gates railway station on the Leeds-Selby/York railway line at Thorpe Park.

Located west of Brighouse on the railway line that gained regular passenger services in 2000, Elland has been a proposal since before the line reopened. Recent developments have accelerated the likely delivery of this station, with an expectation that it could open in 2022.

Elland Road/Beeston
Flaxby Moor Park and Ride

Located east of Knaresborough, this proposal is backed by tbe local chamber of commerce.

Golcar

Located west of Huddersfield, this proposal was ruled out in the New Stations Study because it had a number of operational and construction issues. There were two sites considered in the New Stations Study.

Located near Bradford Forster Square, this proposal was ruled out in stage 2 of the New Stations Study because of a number of issues with the railway infrastructure here and the close proximity to Bradford Forster Square and Frizinghall.

A number of proposals have been put forward to restore a railway station near Rotherham on the mainline north of Sheffield. One proposal has been to restore Rotherham Masborough, whilst another has been to locate a station at Rotherham Parkgate, north of the town centre.

Located east of Ravensthorpe on the Wakefield-Huddersfield route, the station was ruled out in stage 2 of the New Stations Study because of the low service frequency and domination of short journeys to Wakefield and Huddersfield, leading to poor revenue generation.

Utley

Located between Keighley and Steeton & Silsden, this proposal has been mooted on a number of occasions.

White Rose Centre/Millshaw

A station has been proposed for both the Huddersfield and Wakefield lines that run either side of the White Rose Centre. The Huddersfield line has traditionally been viewed as the favourite although there are concerns that capacity limitations could impact (and possibly close) nearby Cottingley if a station is developed here. This station is one of three proposals being developed by Leeds City Council.

Wrenthorpe

This station was ruled out in stage 2 of the New Stations Study because of the challenges delivering a half hourly service to this station and the limited access to the station site.

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A full feasibility study was done in 2005 for reinstating Harrogate-Ripon. BCR was 1.3 including construction and operating costs so Ripon should be well up your list of top 15.
BCR was too low to continue.

Planning has been done since 2011 on reinstating Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton to create a through route from Leeds to the North avoiding congested York. Early estimates give a BCR of 3.5-4.0 including construction and operating costs so please put Ripon where it deserves to be in your list.

We are searching for funding for an updated benefit/cost analysis to confirm our estimates of BCR for a through route..

You don’t even has us down as a campaign Group after 27 years of campaigning.

Thank you for your contribution. As a single person tracking what is approaching 250 proposals to add railway stations to the rail network via a small website, it can be difficult to monitor every development, particularly as other projects that are further along the delivery process create so much news. 2015 is a big year for rail expansion with three line openings and at least 15 stations joining the network. It’s also been marred by delays of most of the station reopenings. I am aware of the campaign to restore rail services to Ripon and have sadly not had the opportunity to add more details about the recent updates due to personal time constraints. That is something I am hoping to address over the holiday period. I believe you are looking at the list of links. The last time I updated these was about four months ago and when I checked the website for RiponRail, it had not been updated for two years. I didn’t want to link to what was potentially an outdated page that may no longer even be managed by the group. If it was hacked because it was not being maintained, I would be unhappy with any users of my site being impacted by that. The other issue is that most of the lists on this site are arranged in either expected date of opening or (most likely) alphabetical order.

If you do have an updated website or can confirm that RiponRail WordPress is the best place for interested parties looking for more information, I will be more than happy to add the link. In addition, I am more than happy to post details for any interested people to contact you or join a mailing list if you have one in the next update I do about the latest developments.

I will certainly be watching your groups progress. The recent reports are very positive on the long road to restoring Ripon back to the rail network.

I have not updated these pages recently and I can only apologise for not adding Askern to this list. I will update it immediately. I have been following your Facebook group for some time and look forward to further positive developments. Please keep in touch.